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WINNIPEG - Woodstock's Cody Sol signed a three-year entry level contract with Winnipeg's NHL team in advance of Wednesday's deadline. The deal is for $1.735 million over three years, or $578,333 per season, though it would be considerably less if Sol plays in the American Hockey League.

Sol, 20, was a fifth-round pick of the Atlanta Thrashers in 2009 and had until Wednesday night to sign with the team or would have gone back into this month's draft.

He spent last season with the Ontario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers, posting 16 points and 114 penalty minutes while patrolling the blue-line. Sol is the second Woodstonian to sign an NHL deal, joining defenceman Jake Muzzin, who spent part of last season with the Los Angeles Kings.